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Originally Posted by Ocala FR-S
I was referring to advancements such as paddle shifters for driver gear selection and electronic options like sport mode. Preformance stuff. I don't believe that automatic transmissions yet inherently provide mpg advantage over manual. I would think that gearing and shift points being the same, a manual would be as efficient or more so.
I would assume torque converters are marginallly improving over time, but the only real leap in that realm are the relatively cost prohibitive dual clutch setups.
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but they do apparently! the slush gets 34 m.p.g on the highway,which is kinda shocking,but the gearing is different,as you pointed out!